thread-amount is Vulnerable to Resource Exhaustion (Memory and Handle Leaks) on Windows and macOS
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-400.
Summary
thread-amount is a tool that gets the amount of threads in the current process. Prior to version 0.2.2, there are resource leaks when querying thread counts on Windows and Apple platforms. In Windows platforms, the thread_amount function calls CreateToolhelp32Snapshot but fails to close the returned HANDLE using CloseHandle. Repeated calls to this function will cause the handle count of the process to grow indefinitely, eventually leading to system instability or process termination when the handle limit is reached. In Apple platforms, the thread_amount function calls task_threads (via Mach kernel APIs) which allocates memory for the thread list. The function fails to deallocate this memory using vm_deallocate. Repeated calls will result in a steady memory leak, eventually causing the process to be killed by the OOM (Out of Memory) killer. This issue has been patched in version 0.2.2.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| jzeuzs | thread-amount | before 0.2.2 | 0.2.2 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | thread-amount (crates.io) | before 0.2.2 | 0.2.2 | Patch available | GHSA-jf9p-2fv9-2jp2 |
- thread-amount Vendorjzeuzs Affected before 0.2.2 Fixed in 0.2.2 Patch available CNA
- thread-amount (crates.io) Vendor— Affected before 0.2.2 Fixed in 0.2.2 Patch available GHSA-jf9p-2fv9-2jp2
Remediation
- Fix · CNA thread-amount (jzeuzs) Fixed in 0.2.2
- Fix · GHSA-jf9p-2fv9-2jp2 thread-amount (crates.io) Fixed in 0.2.2 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-65947
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jf9p-2fv9-2jp2
References
Other 5
- https://github.com/jzeuzs/thread-amount/security/advisories/GHSA-jf9p-2fv9-2jp2
- https://github.com/jzeuzs/thread-amount/pull/29
- https://github.com/jzeuzs/thread-amount/commit/28860d4a38286609cb884c13b5b7941edc2390e5
- https://github.com/jzeuzs/thread-amount
- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2025-0125.html
Sources
- CVE-2025-65947 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-65947 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-jf9p-2fv9-2jp2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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